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Our top story Senate
bill sixteen is causing

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a stir throughout Naperville with both
school staff and parents as District two of

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four superintendent Karen Sullivan heads
to Springfield to lobby against the

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legislation district to all three held

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a focus to all three meeting to inform
parents about the bill and what actions they

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can take as it stands now Senate bill
sixteen has passed in the Senate and is

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sitting in the house however sponsors
of the bill claim they will not ask for

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a vote in the upcoming session under
the proposed legislation Illinois will

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completely shift how education is funded
taking from school districts with higher

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incomes and property taxes and giving to
those with less recently district two or

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three held a meeting
at Lincoln junior high

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a chance for Superintendent Dan bridges to
connect with parents and encourage them

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to take action against the bill I don't
think anyone argues that the current state

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of funding in the state of Illinois is an
adequate it's an equitable and it fails

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to support schools in a manner
that is appropriate to ensure

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a high quality education for every child
in the state of Illinois. But what is at

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question is whether or not Senate bill
sixteen represents the comprehensive funding

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reform that our state so desperately needs
Naperville school district to all three

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could see

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a nine point eight million dollar loss in
their budget something that isn't sitting

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well with parents or teachers no one
wants to play dollars with education but

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unfortunately there are resources we need
if you say we're going to take away three

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hundred dollars while you come in choose
what books you want to take out of the

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students longer those who attended the
meeting discussed the bill with each other

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and got questions answered by bridges and
Senator Mike Conley who has previously

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voted no on the bill I voted no to set a
bill sixteen I'm a tool three parent I'm

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a two zero three tax payer my wife and I
moved here twenty six years ago when we

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got married for the schools and although
our kids are out of two or three the

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reputation of District two or three was
everything that we thought it was and more

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and it's incumbent upon me as an empty
nester to ensure that the next generation of

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parents that come to Naperville for the
education for their children receive the

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same quality that my wife and I received
while parents felt they left the meeting

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knowing more about Senate bill sixteen
most were still unsure about what kind of

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action would be taken I feel I am on
home I think though that the. Solutions

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are yet to. Be addressed I think that it's
all very well killing the bill it's all

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very well being against the bill but what's
the alternative I mean is this going to

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be status quo is the status quo working
what are you actually going to do in terms

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of changing it if you don't want this bill
both school districts are encouraging

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residents to contact their local
representatives to vote no on S.B. Sixteen.